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Found this site while researching help for dead spots in the power steering on a 165 MF. My dad bought this tractor in 1974 when it was two years old. I cut my teeth on it. Thirty years later, we"ve rented the farm, are selling off most of the equipment (almost exclusively John Deere) but I don"t intend to see this little Massey (dad always referred to her as “Mighty Mouse”) sold in my life-time. I spent a lot of hours on her. Hope to go through her completely some day. In the mean time, she will be handling mowing duties pulling a 6 foot Woods finishing mower we just purchased.

God bless,
Willie G <><

We also have a B-250 diesel that I'm trying to restore- not sucessfuel yet... :)- On that theme does anyone know where I can get a return injector line for it? Just a thought.

God bless,

Pawel

You better put this discussion into Guiness.

I turned 43 in March and for 40 of those years I was strictly a city slicker. But being a Mining Engineer, I never had a problem getting my hands dirty.

Divorced at 37, then I fell in love with a farm girl who has been riding horses all her life and I've been living rural ever since. We bought & moved into our place just before the snow fell last year, so we have a LOT OF WORK ahead of us. We have 3 of her horses with us plus 2 "loaners" for my daughters.

My 14 year old twin daughters live with us now. They love to ride and never complain about all the work (and believe me - they work). My youngest daughter lives with her mother in Southern Ontario. Myself, I don't ride. I shovel ***, throw bales of hay, fix fences, and try to let her focus on barrel racing (she's among the best in the province & beyond).

Here's a picture of her making a riding ring to set up her barrels in.

Thanks for all the great advice, help & entertainment on this forum. Stay safe, everyone.

Gary

I am 37, live in SW-Ohio Area. Father-in law is an Allis man... I came into TE SN 402## when I got some land in 2001. Got a MF-65 last year. Visit this site nearly everyday.

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Me - 67, wife of 43 years (and still speaking!), daughter chem engineer keeping Edmonton water drinkable, son (with his 2 year old son) booting me out of sod growing/landscape/nursery business of 30+ years. And he's a better manager than I ever was! Commercial pilot, instructor, missed that incredible airline pension option in '65 when the family took me on another career path. Pension didn't mean much back then.....

Learned to drive on dad's '39 AC "B" (still have it in the fleet) about the end of the war - before driving a bike, like the chap below.

Landscaping with an OC3 dozer and 9N,8Ns, first 35 diesel in '76. Fitted like a tailor-made suit (half the fuel, twice the performance), dumped the Fords. Added another dozen or so MF's over the next decade, rebuilt them all - except the instant reverse transmissions in a couple - never needed to.

Incredible tractors, incredible group here. Always learning something from you all.

Especially Big Dean. And 2 days ago, Ben (UK) told us about the hydraulic return port in the top cover of the transmission case. All the swearing I've done about that problem, and there it was....

Thanks, all!

Compost works wonders. Slow release food, soil builder. 1/2 to an inch depth in a circle around the trees - a foot out if the trees are a foot high.

Too much compost needed? a tablespoon or so per foot of height of a 6 to 10% Nitrogen garden fertilizer (6-12-12, half as much of 12-24-24), same pattern.

Annual applications if you wish.

At transplant time, a drink of RX-15 or 10-52-15 will help a lot.

And simply keeping competition (grass) away in a 2 - 3 foot circle will double the growth rate in the first 5-10 years. Round-up works well, one of the safer and more environmentally benign products. (Keep it off the pine foliage and bark.)

Jack

• My TEA20 website

Currently rebuilding an old stone house on the family property prior to moving there.

In September of 2007 the International Plowing Match will occur on our land and adjacent properties. I'll be working on the education committee in preparation for that, as well as trying to get the farm back into production after a few years of idleness.

Unpleasant part: I have a personality clash with the TEA 20 I inherited from my dad. I get along fine wiht the MF 35 diesel I bought last fall, but every time I look at that gray beast I want to find a home for it. Any collectors want a potential trailer queen?

I'm 43 been married for 20 years this July, two kids a boy and girl,14 and 12, and this Fergie is the first tractor I can call mine. Dad had a couple of Fords and I did a lot of work on a NAA at the airport where I used to be a flight instructor. Now I fly 757 and 767's across the pond (Atlantic) about 5 or six times a month. Off to Ireland tomorrow.

I have to say this has been one of the most friendly and informative websites I have found.

Thanks

Paul

Jake H

Because I was responsible for chemical development in the UK and US, I spent a lot of time in the UK and lived part-time on farm there. Fergusons were quite common and they had great farm shows to attend on the weekend.

My uncle had a farm near Lapeer Michigan, and guess what vehicle was the first thing I ever drove? It was of course a T0-20. And for our Candian colleagues, my uncle and cousins are Canadians living mostly in Ontario.

Quite a diverse group these Fergie nuts, eh?

I had a place there on a farm just south of Crockham Hill, near Edenbridge in Kent (very close to the Surrey border). I lived in a converted oast house.. I did enjoy those times!

George

Jake H

Al in BC

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